Baseball

Rams Split with NJCU in Season Opener

Zak Nersesian

Feb 21, 2009

Rams Split with NJCU in Season Opener

Game One
New Jersey City - 4, Farmingdale State - 2

Game Two
Farmingdale State - 4, New Jersey City - 2

Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State baseball
team opened the season today, splitting a non-conference
doubleheader with New Jersey City University. The Rams fell 4-2 in
game one and then took a 4-2 victory in the second game.
Farmingdale and New Jersey City now both hold a 1-1 record and will
head to Florida for Spring Break.

In the first game, the Rams went ahead 2-1 in the opening inning
on a 2-RBI double by sophomore first basemen Kevin Curtis
(Riverhead, N.Y./Riverhead). The Gothic Knights tied it up in the
second and then added a run in the 5th and 7th to take the win.
Junior pitcher Stephen Montalbano (North Brunswick, N.J./Bishop
George Ahr) got the win for Jersey City going 5 2/3 innings,
allowing just two hits and no earned runs. Farmingdale State senior
right hander Tom Heeman (Valley Stream, N.Y./Hewlett) pitched 6 1/3
innings in defeat with six strikeouts.

A two-run fourth inning in game two would give the Rams a 3-2
edge, as freshman catcher Frank Scarlato (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem
North) tripled to right field to score junior right fielder Frank
Ennis (Commack, N.Y./Commack) and junior left fielder Donny
Moscatelli (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa). Farmingdale added an
insurance run in the sixth, scored by freshman pinch runner Ryan
McAllister (Miller Place, N.Y./Rocky Point) and junior closer Billy
Garofalo (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) came in to seal the
victory, earning his first save of the season.

The Rams will travel to Disney's Wide World of Sports on
Thursday, February 26th and will play seven games during their
Spring Trip. They will face Clark (Mass.) on February 27th, Gwynedd
Mercy (Pa.) on February 28th, Rose Hulman (Ind.) on March 1st and
Point Park (Pa.) on March 2nd.